I was talking to Wendy and she told me about the term "rhema". I googled it, and you get the answer above. nice.Question: What does the word "rhema" mean?Answer: The word "rhema" is a Greek word which simply means "the spoken word." In recent times, many ministers have enlarged the definition, using the word "rhema" to mean "the spoken word of God" or "the God-breathed word," or a "spiritually enlightened understanding of the Word of God." It is often used to differentiate between a spiritual and natural understanding of God's Word.
I wanted to share my recent experience when I had the opportunity to pray with others. They prayed for me and I prayed with them over pressing matters of my heart. It was a long, real and eventful session. There were times of buckets and times of deep thoughts and waiting, waiting on the Lord I could say.
In my deepest thoughts, and pondering, these images flash before me and I just took it all in.
First, I saw myself running, running on an old beaten track, I was only looking forward. As I begin to look left and right respectively, I saw the broken tree branches, old faded tree trunks, just a sight of coldness and nothing alive. After that moment, the image had changed to snow, snowflakes started falling and slowly covering the track and the sides, and finally, covering over all the old and broken trees.
I only saw in me, total whiteness that when compared to total darkness, at times can't figure out which is which because the feeling is intense.
The next image was the fading of the snow, dissolving itself into liquid, water at its purest form. Imagine heaps of snow, slowly taking its shape into something that I wasn't sure off. The next thing I know, the sound and sight of rushing and gushing waterfall was before me. Just tons and tons of water falling and flowing with such a strong intensity that kept me in a big wonder. The last image was a presentation of a steady stream, calming and peaceful, something I call tranquility.
I had those thoughts in my head for a long while before one of them asked me, "Do you have anything to share?". I basically shared what I have just written above.
There was a wait, and then came the verses from the bible that really edified and strengthen me in more ways than one. It was for the first time, in a long while, a sense of comfort and peace, for I know it was real and that it would rest in me. I shall let the verses speak for itself.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your forefathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and will not bring famine upon you. ~ Ezekiel 36:25 - 29
For me, the broken trees and dead tree trunks represent the burdens and baggages in my life. It could be the burdens that I was carrying, the relationship with another person that has suffered, whether friends or otherwise, just my daily carriage of life had taken a toll on me. There I was running and wanting to focus on the goal ahead but constantly being reminded by the dead trees of life. That reminder, slowed my growth, made me weak.
The snow covering to me meant, the love of God, that sense of comfort and peace that He wants to give me, and it goes to show, by the snowflakes falling upon layer after layer, suggests the intricate details of God's work. He wants to fully cleansed us. That was a very refreshing take for me. The waterfall and stream speak for itself which is suggested by the verses.
If there is anything I have to admit, it probably has to be this. I can't deny the fact that God is in my life. I am sure God is doing something in my life that is beyond me, and I as continue to walk close and open up myself before me, the can of worms, the hidden closets, the dirty laundry in my life, as I continue to do that, I see a great sense of healing coming before me. Well, I can testify to that. I surely can.
This entry will probably go along with another passage. Go look it up, Ezekiel 37:1-11 (The Valley of Dry Bones)
:: The freedom of your life is in your hands, the maturity of your action is in your mind, but the compelling desire for change comes from the heart. Start within, and you'll never be stretched thin in life.
The snow covering to me meant, the love of God, that sense of comfort and peace that He wants to give me, and it goes to show, by the snowflakes falling upon layer after layer, suggests the intricate details of God's work. He wants to fully cleansed us. That was a very refreshing take for me. The waterfall and stream speak for itself which is suggested by the verses.
If there is anything I have to admit, it probably has to be this. I can't deny the fact that God is in my life. I am sure God is doing something in my life that is beyond me, and I as continue to walk close and open up myself before me, the can of worms, the hidden closets, the dirty laundry in my life, as I continue to do that, I see a great sense of healing coming before me. Well, I can testify to that. I surely can.
This entry will probably go along with another passage. Go look it up, Ezekiel 37:1-11 (The Valley of Dry Bones)
:: The freedom of your life is in your hands, the maturity of your action is in your mind, but the compelling desire for change comes from the heart. Start within, and you'll never be stretched thin in life.
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